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Release of a Tight Tendon in the Hand or Finger

Kentucky rates for HCPCS 26460

Divides a tight tendon in the hand or finger through a small open incision, so a finger held in a fixed position can move again. Cutting the pull of the shortened tendon is what releases the deformity. It is used when a contracture stops the hand working and stretching or splinting has not helped.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Release of a Tight Tendon in the Hand or Finger cost?

$2,218

Typical total for the visit. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,218 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$398$347 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$759 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $457 to $7,586Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $309 to $603
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,820professional $398

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$501.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$512.86
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,412.54
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$2,691.53
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$707.95
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$338.84

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 4.2 times more in Colorado than in Delaware. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Kentucky· 20th of 51

$2,218

$398 physician + $1,820 facility

CO $4,996DE $1,192

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.